Where does “divorța” come from?
divorța (Romanian) comes from French divorcer, from French divorcé, from Italian divorzio, from Spanish divorcio, from Portuguese divórcio, from Latin dīvortium, from Latin dīvertere, from Latin dīvertō — two.
divorța (Romanian): to divorce
Ancestry of “divorța”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | divorcer | to divorce; to get divorced, to divorce one... |
| 2 | French | divorcé | past participle of divorcer |
| 3 | Italian | divorzio | divorce; first-person plural present active... |
| 4 | Spanish | divorcio | divorce |
| 5 | Portuguese | divórcio | divorce |
| 6 | Latin | dīvortium | — |
| 7 | Latin | dīvertere | — |
| 8 | Latin | dīvertō | — |
| 9 | Latin | dī- | — |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | δί- | — |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | διά | throughout |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | dwís | twice, doubly; in two |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | dwóh₁ | two |